Shampoo dispenser

ABSTRACT

A container mountable on a wall of a bathroom shower stall for dispensing shampoo; the device consisting of a plastic case with removable cover in order to refill the case, and the case including a push knob for dispensing a small quantity of the shampoo at a time while a person is in the shower.

vUnited States Patent [191 Casale et al.

1 Nov. 18, 1975 SHAMPOO DISPENSER [76] Inventors: Robert Casale; GeorgeSpector, both of 3615 Woolworth Bldg., 233 Broadway, New York, NY. 10007[22] Filed: Oct. 15, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 406,217

[52] US. Cl. 222/162; 222/180; 222/196.3;

222/559; 222/200 [51] Int. Cl. B67D 5/64 [58] Field of Search 222/220,225, 216, 181,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 968,498 8/1910 Sqnadrilli222/181 1,082,249 12/1913 Watrous 222/181 1,553,113 9/1925 Rutt 222/1811,593,309 7/1926 McCue 222/181 2,889,082 6/1959 West 222/185 3,078,0162/1963 Judy 222/496 3,245,587 4/1966 Brown 222/525 3,623,638 11/1971Henning 222/181 3,791,558 2/1974 Katusha 222/200 FOREIGN PATENTS ORAPPLICATIONS 848,720 9/1952 Germany 222/199 Primary Examiner-Robert B.Reeves Assistant ExaminerH. Grant Skaggs [57] ABSTRACT A containermountable on a wall of a bathroom shower stall for dispensing shampoo;the device consisting of a plastic case with removable cover in order torefill the case, and the case including a push knob for dispensing asmall quantity of the shampoo at a time while a person is in the shower.

1 Claim, 8 Drawing Figures US. Patent Nov. 18, 1975 SHAMPOO DISPENSERThis invention relates generally to bathroom accessories.

A principle object of the present invention is to provide a dispenserfor shampoo which can be conveniently located within a shower stall of abathroom where it is handy for use by a person when taking a shower.

Another object is to provide a shampoo dispenser which replaces theusually untidy condition of numeral shampoo bottles scattered about abathroom on sink counters, bath tub edge and toilet tank cover.

Still another object is to provide a shampoo dispenser which can bequick'ley and easily secured to a tiled or other smooth surface of ashower stall.

Other objects are to provide a shampoo dispenser which is simple indesign, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to useand efficient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. I is a perspective view of the invention mounted on a shower wall.

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a front view partly in cross section.

FIGS. 4 and 4a is a side view of another model design thereof in whichthe push button is on a front side.

FIG. 5 is a front view partly in cross section of another model thatdispenses either shampoo or rinse.

FIG. 6 is a modified design in which the unit is spring mounted so thatif agitated it vibrates so to cause the shampoo to disperse as it isdispensed thus cover a wider area; centrifugal force causing it to passthrough openings in a freely slidable perforated plate so to align withperforations in the case, and the spray direction being controllable bya set screw.

FIG. 7 shows the slidable plate in relation to the case, in thestructure shown in FIG. 6.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, and more particularly to FIGS.1, 2 and 3 thereof at this time, the reference numeral 10 represents ashampoo dispenser according to the present invention wherein there is aplastic case 11 and removable top cover 12 so the liquid shampoo 13 canbe replaced therein.

A dispensing valve 14 in a bottom of the case 11 is activated by anupwardly depressiblebutton 15 by a palm of a persons hand so that asmall amount of the shampoo flows down into the palm for use. Afterremoval of the palm, the valve automatically closes.

The case is easily secured to a bathroom wall 16 by means of vacuum cupsor by water'resisting adhesive placed at 17. Valve 14 is tubular with alateral opening. It is slidably mounted in a bottom passageway in thecasing and has an outlet at the outer end and is closed at the innerend. A transverse'stop extends from the inner end and engages a seat inthe case when the laterial valve opening is within the passageway insealed relationship thereto.

In FIG. 4 a modified design of the invention includes a case 18 havingtwo compartments 19 and 20 one of which contains shampoo 21 and theother contains rinse 22. Each compartment has its own dispensing valve23 operated by individual push button 24.

It is to be noted, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 4A that the dispenser can bemade with the push botton being horizontally movable, rather thanupwardly as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, so to bear against the supportingadhesive and thus tend not to dislodge the container from the wall.

In operative use either of the push buttons can be operated so thateither shampoo or rinse may be obtained.

The dispensing valve shown in FIG. 4A shows push button 24 attached to aslidable barrel 25 having transverse opening 26 which thus aligns withopening 27 of the case so that dispensing occurs. A return spring 28movers the barrel afterwards so openings 26 and 27 disalign, thusclosing further flow.

In FIGS. 6 and 7 a modified design of shampoo dispenser 29 is supportedon a spring 30 mounted on vacuum cup 31 secured to the wall. In thisform of the invention, when a person wishes to get shampoo, he simplystrikes the dispenser so to cause it to oscillate on the spring thuscausing shampoo to be dispensed from spray head 32. The dispensing stopsas oscillation descreases.

In this form of the invention, a plate 33 with perforations 34 issupported by springs 35 extending into different directions; the platebeing located within the interior of the compartment and positionedadjacent a rear side of the front wall 36 so that as the dispenseroscillates on the spring 30 then the momentarily perforated openings 34through the plate align with perforated opening 37 through the frontwall 36 at which moment centrifugal force throws a quantity of theshampoo through the aligned openings and out of spray head 38 supportedon universal joint 39 when its position is fixedly secured by a setscrew 40. It is, of course, understood that the oscillation motion ofthe dispenser causes plate 33 to oscillate on the springs 35.

Thus a modified design has been provided.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it isunderstood that such changes will be within the spirit and scope of thepresent invention as is defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is as follows:

1. A shampoo dispenser comprising a case fitted with a removable cover,said case having a rear wall with a projection therefrom having meansfor attachment to a wall provided on said projection, in combinationwith a valved outlet at the base of the case said valve havingcomponents relatively movable in a vertical plane to effect opening andclosing of the outlet wherein said means comprises a suction cup, infurther combination with a spring secured to the cup at one end andaligned with the suction cup axis normal to the support wall, saidspring being secured at its opposite end to thecase, wherein thevertical axis of the case is perpendicular to the said suction cup axis,said valve having a vertical plate adjacent a vertical wall of the caseand in sliding abuttment therewith, both plate and vertical wallperforations generally aligned to form the case outlet and furtherincluding resilient means securing said plate movably in said casewhereby said resilient means biases said plate to a normally closedposition wherein the perforations are not aligned and wherebyvibrational movement of the case relative to the suction cup will causeoscillatory movement of said plate to periodic positions wherein saidperforations are in alignment.

1. A shampoo dispenser comprising a case fitted with a removable cover,said case having a rear wall with a projection therefrom having meansfor attachment to a wall provided on said projection, in combinationwith a valved outlet at the base of the case said valve havingcomponents relatively movable in a vertical plane to effect opening andclosing of the outlet wherein said means comprises a suction cup, infurther combination with a spring secured to the cup at one end andaligned with the suction cup axis normal to the support wall, saidspring being secured at its opposite end to the case, wherein thevertical axis of the case is perpendicular to the said suction cup axis,said valve having a vertical plate adjacent a vertical wall of the caseand in sliding abuttment therewith, both plate and vertical wallperforations generally aligned to form the case outlet and furtherincluding resilient means securing said plate movably in said casewhereby said resilient means biases said plate to a normally closedposition wherein the perforations are not aligned and wherebyvibrational movement of the case relative to the suction cup will causeoscillatory movement of said plate to periodic positions wherein saidperforations are in alignment.